The collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) or "musk hog", referring to the animal's scent glands, occurs from the Southwestern United States into South America and the island of Trinidad. The coat consists of wiry peppered black, gray, and brown hair with a …

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2018年10月1日 · This dataset represents a species known range extent for Pecari tajacu (Collared Peccary). These range maps are created by attributing sub-watershed polygons with information of a species presence, origin, seasonal and reproductive use.

2018年8月15日 · This dataset represents a species habitat distribution map for Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) within the conterminous United States (CONUS) based on 2001 ground conditions. This habitat map was created by applying a deductive habitat model to remotely-sensed data layers within the species' known range.

The collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) is a peccary, a species of artiodactyl (even-toed) mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America. It is the only member of the genus Dicotyles.

In the United States, collared peccaries live in areas where an abundance of food sources, such as prickly pears (genus g.Opuntia). Collared peccaries can be found in semi-arid deserts, pasturelands, plantations, and rocky canyons around caverns.

The only species found in the United States is the collared peccary, or javelina. In Texas the javelina is found in the more arid or semi-arid parts of the state with most occurring in the South Texas brush country, the Trans-Pecos' desert grasslands, …

This map shows some of the sites at which the flat-headed peccary (red triangles) and long-nosed peccary (green dots) have been found in the midwestern United States. The sites on this map are all relatively well-dated and well-studied. These sites contain peccary remains that are between 40,000 and 11,500 years old. Peccaries have a long ...

The Collared Peccary ranges from the southwestern United States through Central America into northern Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In the U.S., it is commonly found in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, with expanding populations in neighboring states.

There are three kinds of peccaries, and they all live in North and South America. The only one in the US is the collared peccary, also called the javelina. Collared peccaries live in just about every type of habitat, and they tend to eat whatever is most abundant there.